To help you learn the basics of effective altruism, we took some of the movement's best writing and made this handbook. Think of it as the textbook you'd get for a college course on EA. It explains the core ideas, so that you can start applying them to your own life. To help you learn the basics of effective altruism, we took some of the movement's best writing and made this handbook. Think of it as the textbook you'd get for a college course on EA. It explains the core ideas, so that you can start applying them to your own life. Nate Soares writes about replacing guilt with other feelings and finding better ways to motivate yourself, so you can build a better future without falling apart. Holden Karnofsky argues that we may be living in the most important century ever — a time when our decisions could shape the future for billions of years to come.
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